Buggy-top rest.



No. 635,568. Patented Oct. 24, I899.

J. Z. MILLER.

BUGGY TOP REST.

(Application filed Dec. 8, 1898.)

(No Model.)

NITED STATES JOHN Z. MILLER, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

BUGGY-TOP REST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 635,568, dated October24, 1899.

Application filed December 8,1898. Serial No. 698,669. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, JOHN Z. MILLER, of Indianapolis, county of Marion,and State of Indiana, haveinvented a certain new and useful Buggy-TopRest; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, andexact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which like numerals refer to like parts.

My invention relates to a buggy-top rest consisting of a cushioneddouble-armed spring mounted on the prop or top-supporting arm of abuggy.

The object of this invention is to prevent the breaking, bending, orother injury of the bow-sockets or tearing the seat up at the connectionwith it of the shifting rail when the buggy-top is thrown back into itsfolded position. Most buggies in general use are provided with rigidhorizontal arms or props extending laterally from the shifting rail. Theresult is that frequently when the buggy-top is thrown back said arm orprop will be broken or bent or the bow-socket that engages said arm willbe broken or bent or the seat be torn up in front by the heavy weight ofthe top bearing on the prop.

The object of my invention is to overcome this difficulty.

The nature of the invention will more fully appear from the accompanyingdrawings and the description and claims following.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of one side of a buggy,showing only a part of the seat and the side of the top in a foldedposition. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the supporting-spring. Fig. 3 isa central longitudinal section through the prop and through the springon the line A A of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a section on the line B B of Fig.3.

In detail, 1 is the seat of a buggy and 2 is the side elevation thereof,3 the back, and 4. the shifting rail. At 5 the bow-sockets 6 of thebuggy-top 7 are pivotally secured to the front end of said shiftingrail. The top is covered, as shown, and provided with the prop-joints 8and 9. The prop-joint 9 is pivotally mounted on the prop orsupporting-arm 10. Said arm, as shown in Fig.3, has a square body, witha threaded end to receive the nut 11 and turned down around between thesquare body and the threaded end to afford a bearing for the prop-joint9. The spring-support I have devised is formed preferably of wire, butmay be made of any kind of spring metal. It is here made of one piece ofwire formed as shown in Fig. 2, being mounted at the center at thebrackets 12. Said brackets are made of sheet metal, with one end turnedover the wire of the spring and with a square aperture which slips overthe square portion of the prop or supporting-arm 10.

From the bracket 12 the wireis formed into two pairs ofoppositely-extending spring-arms 13, each arm having in it a coil 14:.Their outer ends are connected by the cross-wires 15, which are acontinuation or part of the wire that forms the rest of thespring-support. By this continuation the Whole springfraine will besolid and substantial. On the cross-wires 15 I mount cushions 16, madeof rubber, leather, or any suitable material. When the doublespring-support is placed on the prop or supporting-arm 10, its sides areheld in place between the sleeve 17 and washers 18. This gives a rigidmounting for said spring-frame and furnishes a very strong yet yieldingsupport for the buggytop when thrown back, inasmuch as it consists offour arms made of spring metal, each with springcoils and connected bycushioned cross-bars. Also the bow-socket 0f the buggy is received bytwo cushions 16 four or five inches apart, so that there is a doublebearing, whereby the strain is not brought on only one point of thebow-socket, but it is distributed between two points four or five inchesapart. Therefore it is apparent that with such construction it would bepractically impossible to break, bend, or injure the bow-socket or theprop or supporting-arm 10 or the seat or other parts or the buggy in anyway.

WhatI claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A buggy-top rest including two springframes each withoppositely-extending arms having spring-coils in them, a cushionedhorizontal connection between the corresponding ends of said arms andmeans for securing said spring-frames to the buggy.

2. A buggy-top rest comprising a horizontal arm or prop secured to thebuggy, two

spring-frames centrally mounted on said arm In Witness whereof I havehereunto afiixed or prop so they cannot revolve thereon each mysignature in the presence of the witnesses formed of a spring-Wire withoppositely-exherein named. tending arms having coils in them, a horizon-5 tel connection between the corresponding Vitnesses:

ends of the two frames, and a cushioned M. O. BUCK, sleeve 011 suchhorizontal connections. V. H. LOCKWOOD.

JOHN Z. MILLER.

